The disturbing truth about low unemployment figures in the U.K. and U.S.

By Robert A. Vella Conservatives on both sides of “The Pond” have been boasting about low unemployment figures in their Continue reading →

Odds and Ends: Home ownership data reveals Middle Class woes, GOP donor quits, rise of the Knife lobby

By Robert A. Vella Here’s a few news odds and ends for this Monday: From:  A decade after the housing Continue reading →

House sends bill loosening banking regulations to Trump’s desk

President Donald Trump pledged on the campaign trail to “do a big number” on the Dodd-Frank Act. And now a Continue reading →

Senators Approve Sweeping Rollback of Dodd-Frank Banking Regulations

Back on Capitol Hill, senators voted 67 to 31 in favor of a sweeping, bipartisan bill rolling back many of Continue reading →

Wells Fargo Hit With Unusual Ban on Growth in Yellen’s Final Act

After markets closed on her final workday in office, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a blow to one of Continue reading →

House flippers triggered the US housing market crash, not poor subprime borrowers

Analyzing a huge data set of anonymous credit scores from Equifax, a credit reporting bureau, the economists—Stefania Albanesi of the Continue reading →

Warren Wants FBI Transparency About Financial Crisis

Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the FBI to explain why people involved in causing the 2008 financial crisis didn’t face criminal Continue reading →

Deutsche Bank Whistle-Blower Spurns $8 Million SEC Reward

A former Deutsche Bank AG risk officer said he was refusing an $8.25 million reward from the Securities and Exchange Continue reading →